A console offers reliability, reliability and reliability. I've never had trouble running a console game. That's why I'll always stick to them.
And the iOS can suck it. I am not letting Apple drag me into their IT Master Race. I've been playing along for long enough while I was in film school.
Yes you can; it's called "buying the next one." And in the long run it lasts longer and is cheaper.
I cannot stand online play. Online gamers have no respect for the fact that the people you're playing with have put the time aside to play a game with you because you aren't sharing the room with them. Online gamers are a contemptuous bunch of people and I'm glad I don't play with them any more.